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The Associated Press

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07/18/2014 12:29:40 PM EDT

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A piece of a plane with Malaysia Airlines' logo lies in the grass as a group of Ukrainian coal miners search the site of a crashed Malaysian passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — In the sunflower fields around eastern Ukraine, lines of rescue workers disappeared into thick, tall growth, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield. Elsewhere, news of the tragedy sparked an outpouring of grief and prayer as Malaysia reeled from the second disaster to hit its national airline in less than five months.

Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten signs a condolence register at the Ministry of Security and Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, July 18, 2014. Flags are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 173 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday July 17. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis) (Phil Nijhuis/AP)

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks about Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 during a press conference at a hotel next to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia's prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (Vincent Thian/AP)

Aleksandr Borodai, Prime Minister of the self proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic', speaks at a news conference in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 18, 2014. Separatist rebels who control the crash site issued conflicting reports Friday about whether they had found the plane's black boxes or not. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Students of Al Firdaus high school attend a prayer for their guest teacher John Paulissen, showed in the photo in the foreground, who was a passenger on board of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight 17, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Friday, July 18, 2014. The Malaysian jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body. (AP Photo) (Uncredited/AP)

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